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Figurative Language

Sarah Grissom and Kelli Mitter September 19,2011. Figurative Language. Simile. Simile-using like or as to compare 2 things. Example : I was snug as a bug in my blanket. M etaphor. M etaphor : Comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Sarah Grissom and Kelli Mitter September 19,2011 Figurative Language

  2. Simile • Simile-using like or as to compare 2 things. Example : I was snug as a bug in my blanket.

  3. Metaphor • Metaphor : Comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else. • Example :He is the sun of her sky.

  4. Hyperbole • Hyperbole- Using exaggerations. • Example: I ran liked greased lightning.

  5. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia –Sound word • Example : The thunder boomed then the lightning cracked.

  6. Alliteration • Alliterations-Repetition of beginning sound. • Example: The cat crawled under the car.

  7. Personification • Personification- Giving human qualities to something not human. Example: The camera loves me!

  8. Idiom • Idiom-A well known expression. • Example : I was saved by the bell.

  9. Practice Problems! • 1. Which of these 3 sentences are a simile? • I ate cake for lunch • Her hair is a rats nest. • She is blind as a bat. 3. Write a hyperbole. ________________ • 2. Does a metaphor have like or as in it? • _________________ • 4. What is a sound word? • _________________

  10. Practice Problems!(continued) • 5. Is this an personification? -The round apple is pink. True -or- False • 6. Is this alliteration? My cat Cassidy came home. _____________________ • 7. Circle the idiom. • The man macaroni in the morning. • Keep your head held high. • Her hair is a rats nest.

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